Laying the foundation

Chiropractic care is like building a house – certain things have to happen in a particular order for everything to stand strong and work correctly. When building a house, if you tried to put up your walls before you had a solid foundation, your walls would be weak and eventually collapse.

The same is true for your body. Your body has to go through a particular plan of care in order to repair itself correctly and fully. There are three general phases of chiropractic care . . .

Phase 1: Relief Care

If you are in pain when you come into our office, the first objective is to help you feel better. Depending on the severity of your problem, it is typical to need care 2-3 times per week for 2-4 weeks or even daily at first if it helps you get back to work or out of severe pain faster.

Phase 2: Rehabilitative Care

During this phase, we work in several planned steps to help prevent re injury and enable you to achieve your long term goals. It is typical to need care 2-4 times per month for 2-4 months, depending on your overall health, fitness and the severity of your problem.  

We begin with stabilization training so that you can move without pain or injury.  Then we phase in endurance training to prevent injury due to fatigue.  The next step is strength, power and possibly sports specific training so you can live the life you want.

Phase 3: Wellness Care

Once their bodies have maximally improved, it is important for many of our patients to come in for periodic adjustments to manage any residual problems and avoid problems in the future. This is largely because most of our patients have some permanent changes in their joints due to degeneration or injury.  This requires some level of ongoing care to keep them working as well as possible.  Usually, it only requires a quick visit 1-4 times per month, based on your condition lifestyle and goals.